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How to pronounce discus in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms saucer
Type of disc, disk, sports equipment
Type Words
Type of field event

Examples of discus

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Kitson has spent the spring collecting medals and adding distance to her discus.
From the stltoday.com
Another regional winner included St. Joseph's David Pearson, who won the discus.
From the timesunion.com
He not only won both the discus and shot put but set meet records in doing both.
From the dailyherald.com
Jackie Pasholk won the discus and finished second in the shot put for Arrowhead.
From the jsonline.com
Devin Stanford had victories in the shot put and the discus for the Red Knights.
From the jsonline.com
Greaves will be throwing for gold in the F44 discus category at the Paralympics.
From the independent.co.uk
Reese also took second individually in helping secure the discus title at 132-2.
From the dailyherald.com
I'll discus my work concerns with him but never take my stress our on my family.
From the psychcentral.com
By junior year, he was becoming known more for his discus feats than his accent.
From the denverpost.com
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  • A disk used in throwing competitions
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